I'm going to make a bulldozer.

[aaronious]

So I scored this sweet '84 Ibanez Roadstar for next to nothing. It's got some neck issues that are going to get sorted out.
Once it does, I wanna turn it into the most powerful, badass sounding, single pickup, tone monster in all the land.

My buddy has one with a T-40 pickup in in it. I LOVE IT! But...I already have a T-45.

I was thinking of turning it into a G&L
L2K. Last time I placed an order from them, I never got it. The pickups got cancelled and I never heard why.

A Curtis Novak darkstar maybe......?

I was thinking two of the DiMarzio DP120's right in the middle. Will it be too muddy?

Maybe a Nordy big single? Maybe 3

Music man pickup?

Anyhow, what would YOU do to turn this thing into a bulldozer.

 

[TN WOODMAN]

A Wilde P-46. Seriously.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Get the G&L MFD pickups, if you can. They're simply the best!

Put in a push/pull for series/parallel, MFDs have the juice to go parallel.

 

[aaronious]

A Wilde P-46. Seriously.

I don't wanna go just standard p shape. I'm also looking for the aesthetic of having a massive pickup.

 

[aaronious]

Get the G&L MFD pickups, if you can. They're simply the best!

Put in a push/pull for series/parallel, MFDs have the juice to go parallel.

Except G&L won't sell them to me....

 

[Killed_by_Death]

If not the MFD P, then DP127 from DiMarzio
which also have the juice for parallel wiring

DP127 has more output than the DP120:

BTW, I've had aspirations for the same sort of project, which is why I was so quick on the draw.
I had a lovely little Yamaha RBX270 & big plans.
The bass was only 7-1/2 lbs., lightest bass I've ever owned, but the truss rod situation was mucked up.

 

[aaronious]

About the truss rod. I had a bass that everyone I took it to said to throw it away. It's only good for parts.

Then my buddy told me about Eric at Sky guitars in Denton, Texas.
He's does some kind of magic with heat and wizardry to basically reset the neck.
It was a hundred bucks so I figured what the hell. I sent it down to him and in less than a week I had the bass back.....With a perfectly straight and amazing playing neck.

One tech said ya, good luck with that. It'll be warped again in a month. It's been 4 and this bass ain't moved a millimeter. Some people just can't accept that other people know things that don't.

Warped neck.com check it out.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Our local luthier said something similar when I heat treated a Mexican Fender Blacktop neck, but he gave it 3 months

 

[Spidey2112]

What a letdown... I thought you were really building a bulldozer...

(good luck with the project!)

 

[pie_man_25]

What about a Thunderbird style pickup? Also darkstars.

 

[Raw N Low]

Ha! I almost pulled the trigger on that bass! Congrats on the score man. I would have gone the route recommended by KBD. I was thinking new pickups, black pickguard, black Gotoh bridge, silver radio knobs, and some DR black beauties.

You ever decide your tired of that Ibanez artist bass, you let me know.

 

[bassman10096]

I see this bass with the Dark Star and a tort guard...

 

[40Hz]

Thunderbucker. More Link Removed.

 

[bolophonic]

MFD

 

[aaronious]

I see this bass with the Dark Star and a tort guard...

I tend to agree.

 

[aaronious]

Thunderbucker. More Link Removed.

A contender has emerged.

 

[Dean N]

Maybe something like this?

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[Timmy-Watts]

What about a Nordstrands Big man blade pickup? It's supposedly his substitute for a Wal.

 

[moonshinegtrs]

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Moonshine

 

[DigitalMan]

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Moonshine

Funny even Nordstrand dropped a “Wahl” in there...